Why America is Suddenly Obsessed with F1

[@1chaplain]

It starts of with "wow, that guy is fast" and then "who's is that guy" then "wow, he has beef with that guy? why?" and it goes down from there. The fact that its a combination of on track action and then off track drama is very nice. Each driver has a story of his own, and is very entertaining to see it on the screen

[@meshies]

This is how it starts exactly. And THEN you really get obsessed and you start going down the rabbit hole and have your fav f2/f3 drivers and young drivers in feeder series… and then you buy F1 TV and you watch every race from the 1970s to present… AND THEN everything else takes a back seat. And you are depressed during the offseason. Even these little 3 week breaks start to feel like an entire offseason. I might actually be addicted…

[@qwertqwert99999]

I believe a Fourth race in the northeast in US might have full grandstands. But what I see is , the tv viewing figures did not rise last year.

[@DailyDabber-kc8ev]

Rocketpoweredmohawk calling Lance Stroll a spastic is what drew me to the sport, now I’m staying for the insane R&D behind the vehicles as well as the skills and strategies of the drivers. There’s definitely a lot to appreciate

[@davidem759]

For anyone who's wondering about the 4 wheels rule...let me introduce to you the Tyrrell P34

[@EversonBernardes]

Every weird rule in the F1 constructor guideline has an even weirder car behind it.

[@ImThe5thKing]

@@EversonBernardes the fan car comes to mind

[@EversonBernardes]

@@ImThe5thKing yup, fan car was a big one. Also the ones with multiple rear-wings, stacked on top of each other or in front of each other.

[@shaun0110]

Real asf.

[@mateoorfano6004]

Wasn’t there also a car with 4 rear wheels as well before officially being banned

[@sailyourface]

As a new F1 fan as of this year i've always known about it but modern streaming services has made keeping up with the sport a lot easier so I can regularly watch races and therefore care more about future races and events

[@MattColeSports]

Love to hear it! Who's your team?

[@TheMaxcraft1]

@@MattColeSports COLAPINTO'S TEAM ALWAYS

[@laportlaportlaport]

@@MattColeSports You have to own a team to get access to the streams in the US?????

[@sailyourface]

@@MattColeSports Been a McLaren fan with Piastri for the most part. I root for Sainz as well even though I have a mental block rooting for Ferrari haha.

[@Akaris001]

praise f1 tv

[@jca111]

You joke about the 4 Wheels - but check out the 75/76 Tyrrell that caused the introduction of this rule.... SIX wheels.

[@rustypwn]

As other comment said "every weird rule has an even weird car behind"

[@sarp.oktober]

I kindly suggest to new f1 fans (especially those who are coming to be a fan from Netflix) to learn about the history, culture and traditions of the sport. Since the new American owners, the sport is getting Americanized so fastly that none of the old supporters like it. I do like that it is now popular than ever, however I wish it won't lose the core spirit. Try to understand and stick to the f1 spirit and enjoy your time. Get in there!

[@ArnavPatel-cl1ye]

how exactly is it being americanised

[@Selendeki]

@@ArnavPatel-cl1ye The new owners basically saved the sport, I have no idea what he's complaining about.

[@herewegoagain7403]

Why do you assume they’re not doing their research? If they’re able yo read your comment, it means they’re already doing a deep dive

[@DhStyleZz]

I think what he meant with being americanized is mainly the constant risk of losing historical tracks for more street tracks

[@billB101]

@@ArnavPatel-cl1ye Wow, are you for real. Did you watch last years Vegas GP?

[@WaterDispencer519]

As someone who started watching F1 w/o Netflix’s DTS, I have some friends who were introduced to F1 via DTS. They will first witness the storylines that either exists but overdramatized or just exists for the sake of TV which is expected. That is the selling point of the show. Once they gain interest to F1, what they thought from the show would dissipate as they are finding out the actual real storylines that are happening in the sport and find it more entertaining than the show. The whole DTS stuff is all advertisement for the real stuff. That change my mindset towards DTS and I wish people would think that way.

[@MaddisonCann]

Agreed, I am a new fan this year from DTS and watched all 6 seasons before watching a race; DTS taught me not to like max, but now after watching the races, doing my own research and learning about the sport/drivers, I love max!

[@katherinegrace9724]

@@MaddisonCanneven tho I got into this year I didn’t find out abt DTS till a couple months in and I was like y r they making these ppl so angry and mean 😭

[@siler22]

F1 has become my favorite sport in recent years, why because its not overwhelming i can follow it throught mid february till early decembar in 25 races, its spread evenly, quali on the saturday,race on sunday, its not overwhelming like other sports like football,basketball,nfl,tennis where there is a game almost every day,plus f1 is just fantastic it has lot of story lines and you can enjoy it very easly even as a casual fan

[@davidcampbell6146]

The accessibility and visibilty in recent years is what has gotten F1 more attention in the U.S. I have been an F1 fans since 1998, and at that time trying to find an F1 race on TV here in the states was difficult. Yes .... Speed channel.

[@sqweeps.03]

I love the usage of various tracks of the speed racer soundtrack in this video👏🏾

[@MattColeSports]

Glad you noticed and loved that!

[@CarterPCs_Do_The_Thug_Shake]

I was introduced to f1 through random shorts from formula bone on my feed, I saw it was on one time and decided to watch it, hooked ever since

[@eno88]

I tried to tolerate that "Drive to survive" thing but I can't. It's a joke. It feels like what an American would imagine F1 is like, all drama and sensationalism. Ugh..

[@ManOfPillowDoom]

Yep fake rivalries as well as audio edits that aren't even from the same race...

[@Sl1mch1ckens]

I think drive to survive is a very useful crash course of recent history. Its means people can come into f1 with some idea of the teams and who is who and who competes with who. The last season of DTS was the first one i got to watch since watching F1 and yes that season j thought was the worst because i am now no longer the demographic that needs the crash course. I am not saying its a bastian of truth or anything, but it does work as q crash course i could come into f1 with a team already picked out and i knew who williams core rivals were. Its not a show for f1 fans its a show to convert people to f1 fans, which i think a lot of people miss out of their critisms of it.

[@sdrawk3611]

My brother and his wife were drawn into F1 because of it, now he has recruited others to watch F1 regularly. It worked, no matter what you might think of it. However, DTS has never been my cup of tea.

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

I liked it until I saw a clip of the drivers reacting to the serie and telling that they didn't say such thing on the radio meaning the serie is making up naratives lol making up naratives that the drivers themselve don't even know about

[@Tommy-bp7gs]

​@@sdrawk3611It worked yea but does your family still think there's made up drama happening? I know people who hate drivers just because of fake BS.

[@emmanueljamir]

i got into f1 through drive to survive right after the 2023 season ended. i know tv shows like that exaggerate events through editing so after finishing the show i sought out f1 content creators, researched the basics, culture around the sport and it's deep history. i'm not as seasoned as a typical fan, but i've been slowly freshening up on old rivalries and drivers while keeping up with the 2024 season. dts helped me learn more about the current drivers and their back stories (by the end of it, i could name everyone on the grid currently). i now follow creators like ricksf1addiction and outlets like the race for funny and informative content. i think i've managed to watch all but 2 races this season!

[@Xeroxmyassiluv]

F1 and its cars to me are what truly launch it into a different stratosphere. I don’t think most people even racing fans realize the true pace of them. On any given F1 track(outside of Monaco) no car from Indy, HyperCar, or any street car can go more than 6 laps without being lapped by an F1 car. Their lap times are ludicrous compared to all other motorsports that also race circuits. Funniest stat id ever seen is that your average mini-van is closer in pace to the worlds fastest road going cars(Bugatti, Koenigsegg, Pagani, etc..) then those world class road cars are to an F1 car.

[@yddra1732]

Great video! For those interested, here's a few extra details one some of the points this video brings. As silly as it sounds, there is a reason behind the rule of "only 4 wheels per car". In 75, Tyrrell came up with a 6 wheels car and although it wasn't very successfull (it was bad) the FIA banned the usage of more than 4 wheels to prevent the eventual development of such cars. They did the same thing with active suspensions, the fan-aero (what an amazing piece of ingeneering that was) amongst others. Even though this is very often the practical output, in theory softer tyres =/= fastest. There are plenty of factors that comes in play, but by being softer and stickier, they offer more grip AND heat up a lot faster. Because of this if the track is too hot would overheat so quickly that you couldn't even get one good lap out of them and they would be out of their working surface temperature range meaning a huge loss of grip. For example with the Michelin tyres in WEC, soft tyres are avoided at temps above 20C (air) and on a one lap trim, mediums would actually be quicker. It is rarely the case in recent F1 though since pirelli have 5 different compounds more or less hard to select from and allocate "soft, medium and hard" tyres. That means that one compound called "soft" on a race week-end could very well be classified as hard on another one and kinda keep the "softer = quicker" rule true. It is also not super rare for drivers to take other "routes" than the F4->F1. Some have seasons in other junior series, super formula, GT series..... And sometimes, take part in more than 1 per year. Ultimately if the driver is part of a junior program, the team sends them to whatever they see fit to bring the most improvement wether in skills, recognition, media.... I'm no engineer or master-expert and this is just some long time gathered knowledge by pure curiosity so there's maybe a lot more to be said by people a lot more knowledgeable! but I thought t his could be interesting for some :D

[@DailyDabber-kc8ev]

As an American I can tell you what got me into F1 recently: Rocket. Powered. Mohawk. Easily one of the funniest people on the platform. A friend who is into the sport sent me one of his videos thinking I’d like his humor, within a week I had watched everything on his channel and adjusted my sleep schedule to stay up for the Vegas GP this weekend.

[@PaperBanjo64]

He's hilarious! I love that blunt British humor

[@tacobell393]

I grew up as a Nascar fan, the son of Nascar fan. I loved racing video games and my favorite car of all time was and still is the McLaren F1 (first introduced to me in Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2), as it is an engineering marvel. I never paid any attention to F1 as a sport until I played a demo of the 2011 Codemasters F1 and it impressed me. It entered my radar, yet still I never watched or consumed any other F1 media until years later when I watched the Ayrton Senna documentary (2010) on television. It moved me to tears, and considering I never even knew anything about Senna or F1 history, that was impressive. After watching that I started following the sport, which was at the height of the Hamilton-Verstappen championship fight. I found out one of my best friends was a fan and we decided to go to the inaugural Miami GP, which racewise was not the most exciting, but the experience was amazing. We went on a trip to Japan this past April and went to the Japanese GP at Suzuka and I hope to make it to the Austin GP, Vegas GP, or a European GP some time in the future. The in-person experiences have always been a treat and memorable. I do miss the tailgating nature of a Nascar race, but it is a different vibe for sure to go to an F1 race. There are definitely pros and cons to the current F1 formula in terms of rules, regulations, and the approach to racing, but it's still madly impressive watching these cars (and drivers) whip around corners at insane Gs. I guess I'm lucky (or unlucky when it comes to financially supporting my F1 fandom) that the sport has become popular at the exact time I grew to like it, as for the majority it came enroute of the Drive to Survive series, but I have yet to see a single episode. Happy coincidence I guess. That's my journey to being an F1 fan.

[@rdspam]

I’ve missed maybe 10 races (except the season that wasn’t broadcast in the US) since 1988. The newfound popularity is a mixed bag.

[@andrewromero3752]

“Why is America obsessed with f1?…Not just because dts made it look cool…. because it turns out f1 is actually cool…” this was just a summary of what F1 is.. I still have no clue what data metrics reinforce the rise in popularity in the us market

[@R3troZone]

I started following F1 last spring. My first Grand Prix was China in April. I got into it because the movie Gran Turismo reminded me how I always loved motorsports but never could settle on one to become a regular follower of. I tried several leagues over the years including Nascar and Indycar but couldn't get into them for very long. Then I gave Formula 1 a try, my longtime love of science quickly realized that F1 cars are a racecar second and a science experiment first and the teams are some of the most colorful personalities in all of motorsports. I was hooked. The Drive to Survive Netflix show just helped me to learn more about the individual drivers and teams more.

[@PaperBanjo64]

IndyCar is really good too

[@nesletchimaew9209]

I'm a european who was a big nascar fan during the tandem draft era. The races have become boring now. 100 million times more boring

[@Its3amallready]

I’m American I’m a new fan i watched f1 before i watched drive to survive i had to clue what it was till i saw a TikTok about Charles. I think it’s just because f1 is more prominent in America, a lot of us haven’t heard of it before.

[@ShutInCuber]

Speed Racer soundtrack music here is epic, and I definitely appreciate it. Other than that, well made video, I really enjoyed it.

[@darthastrius]

I got into F1 specifically because of the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix, I couldn’t sleep one night, so I turned it on, and fell in love.

[@ayochill9716]

I’m an American and I watch every single race! It truly is exploding in the U.S.!

[@driveronboards]

It was the right time for F1 in the US. F1 tried putting a bunch of races here in the 80s and it didn’t catch on. IndyCar also used to be much bigger before it split into two leagues and massively damaged the popularity. Many factors came together for F1 to take the spotlight.

[@Octopy7]

W comment

[@PaperBanjo64]

NASCAR also declining in popularity helps, I was a longtime NASCAR fan that sometimes watched IndyCar and F1 too who is ditching NASCAR for F1 and IndyCar.

[@offbeatberry]

I got into F1 when the 2024 Japan GP rolled in, and mostly because insta kept recommending me F1 content. Also when Max Verstappen became a meme

[@theMFNUKE]

I have always known about the sport, really after seeing a clip of Massa losing in 08 and the mechanic headbutting the glass panel is what peaked my interest.

[@blobs819901]

you know what, people that started watching F1 because of DTS was very lucky, they witness legend's last dominating season (2019-2020), they witnessing one of the fiercest rivalry season to date (2021), then they also experience one of the most dominating season ever and a start of new legend (2022-2023), and now a season where there are 3 almost equal cars on the grid racing for both title.

[@mineralwater6736]

nah the only thing they are witnessing is how rigged F1 is.

[@larryfisherman6449]

I loosely followed f1 since 2020. I followed f1 on social media and watched the occasional race but 2024 I got f1tv and watch almost everyrace this season except for the once i had to wake up at 3-5am for. But have always been into cars

[@Nchinnam]

I moved to america in 2013 for high school with my family and i knew 2 people who actually cared about f1 and the only people i could talk to about racing ( indy, wec, wrc and f1). In 2017 when i was in college I started an f1 watch party club and had 3-4 people show up and all of a sudden in 2020 we were getting 40-50 people wanting to show up each weekend and we had to shut the club down due to covid rules. Now i know multiple F1 bars in the city I live in that get so crowded they take reservations so much changed.

[@xtremev1]

For me it was all the car youtubers talking about Abu dhabi 2021 and the last lap between Lewis Hamilton and max verstappen.

[@bruceedwards1531]

The first time I saw F1 was ABC's Wide World Of Sports in the early 60's , Graham Hill in a BRM won.I was already a fan following the sport through print franchise. I am 74 yrs old and I always liked euro auto sports.

[@spawnofapathy]

For me it is being able to actually watch F1, aided by ESPN on demand streaming allowed me to watch it and stay current.

[@filipdimitrievski2616]

THE LIMIT IS NOT 20 CARS. The FiA rules allow up to 26 cars on the grid per race!!

[@Konstantin100]

I think a lot of it is what is going on with NASCAR. People are being turned off by the gimmicks and seeking other options. F1 is taking full advantage.

[@muhmonsta]

ONE if not the BIGGEST factor was Covid. When every other Sport was called off. F1 showed up. And then in 2021 having the greatest Season in F1 History ramped up the Obsession exponentially.

[@DougieFresh765]

NO ADS...... i can watch a whole race... no Comercial interruption

[@seanmillikin8683]

Small correction, there can be 12 f1 teams at a time currently so 24 drivers not 20, the FIA does make it pretty hard for new teams to join so it’s basically limited to 20 though

[@Rob2]

That is not correct, the FIA really wants new teams but in the past the agreement was made that the existing teams need to approve all new entries, and they reject extra teams because they fear that more teams on the grid means a smaller piece of the pie (i.e. less income) from them. That of course has to change but it takes time...

[@IamHailey8]

FIA actually approved the entry of Andretti. It is F1 (Liberty Media) and the teams that are resisting new entries to the sport because they don't want to share the money. The money a new team needs to pay to enter F1 was determined before the big rise in popularity when they actually wanted to encourage new entries. Now that the spotlight is so popular, they want that amount to increase to ensure that their share of the pie isn't cut.

[@silenthour.]

As Dutch guy i appreciate you effort to say Verstappen his name right.

[@jochemdegroot7744]

Nice video production and editing.

[@immowen2019]

Agreed

[@SilverScarletSpider]

i look like i was tortured by the scarecrow on halloween with my face carved from a knife on that thumbnail 😂

[@AshelinFox]

I had always known about F1. People in my school growing up loved to talk about Schumacher. But no one watched F1, because it wasn't really accessible. My husband has always been a fan of racing and when we got married asked if I'd be willing to give F1 a chance. Yes, DTS helped as an entry point, but if it wasn't for F1 TV, I probably wouldn't be a fan today.

[@certainpointofview3860]

I’m American, I got into f1 early 2023 when my girlfriend got me a racing wheel for my birthday. That paired with f123 being free on PlayStation the rest is history.

[@jacobnarayan_]

good video matt. didnt know you were into F1 too

[@HugoMendez-qy3lt]

F1 is taking over big stores such as clothing brands, F1 toys sold at major retail stores. Makes me happy that the U.S is finally living the F1 hype.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Yeah I see 1/43 and 1/24 F1 diecasts in my Walmart, reasonably priced, well detailed quality too, way better value than the $5 NASCAR Authentics are for sure!

[@HugoMendez-qy3lt]

@ i bought quite a few already just missing the 1/24 McLaren

[@PaperBanjo64]

@@HugoMendez-qy3lt yeah I got a 1/24 Max Verstappen Red Bull and also the Charles Leclaire Ferrari, I'm wanting a McLaren, I really want an Aston Martin Fernando Alonso of course.

[@HugoMendez-qy3lt]

@ hopefully they release them. I want all teams. Have you seen the new F1 Legos coming out next year?

[@PaperBanjo64]

@@HugoMendez-qy3lt I have! Might pick one up

[@RespectTheLegend]

For me, it was F122. I have always been a car guy, but never really watched any racing other than a little nascar here and there, but never really followed it. One day o decided to get F122 on my xbox because it was on game pass and i wanted a new racing game to play. It became my favorite game and I decided to start watching F1. My first race i watched was Canada 2023 and have watched every race since, except China 2024, my alarm clock didnt go off

[@jnl7196]

lol i live in the Eastern Time Zone and my sleep schedule was like 4-5AM to 12-1PM during the summer, I'd just pull all nighters and take my ADHD medication (a stimulant like caffeine) at 6 or so to watch 9am races, then i'd like go to bed for like 4 hours wake up and stay up till 4-5 am again.

[@benjaminanguiano3808]

F1 used to be a sport reserved for the European Elite. Now that everyone thinks they are “influencers” it easily increases coverage. Do you think the kardahsians, Megan the Stallion or DJ Khalid are fans? No they just make the non cool rich kids wanna go and be like them

[@TonyMontanaDS]

Netflix made it exciting. Otherwise the majority of people wouldn't know what goes on behind the scenes.

[@sylviathimba7289]

The answerr is Logan Sargeant. The moment an American joined and scored points.

[@steamroddsroundhouse2080]

I remember being an F1 fan since 2010 witnessing 2012 season. No one knew what F1 was at the time, I had no one to gush about it, the season, was something to remember.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Yeah I was watching F1 and IndyCar with a lot of devotion during the mid 2010's myself as an American racing fan.

[@TrapKingz.]

Man Ive been watching F1 since their V10 era

[@robertgonzalez6133]

I started watching have formula one after I tried to get into a NASCAR naturally as an American. But to be honest, I found it boring, and then I saw Abu Dhabi Max vs Lewis highlights, and I was hooked after that.

[@pheniox44]

I believe it’s from iRacing and Netflix’s series. The combination is like gas and a spark.

[@donquixote8462]

This season being one of the best in a long time might have helped too

[@Brandon-bq6df]

Not gonna lie as a new American fan I always been into nascar and Indy car I download f1 23 and started playing and fell in love with f1 ever since lol

[@zarifshaukat9413]

For me it was a different type of media, not the Netflix shows. I watched Ford vs Ferrari (2019) around 2 years ago, and while its not a F1 movie its still a motorsport movie. Seeing the engineering, time, politics, personalities of what drivers are like really caught my attention and I decided to give F1 a chance because Ferrari is apart of it and since than I've been a massive fan of the sport. I only follow football (soccer) more

[@OscarPastryboi]

10:23 absolute GOAT behavior to the 4 time world champion Nicolas GOATifi

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

NASCAR turning into the WWE of Motorsport is was what got me watching more F1. Even though they’re not perfect, and manipulating the outcome of races happens in F1. it’s not near the extreme as what NASCAR has become. F1 is also fairly consistent with how they function. Championship trophy still looks the same, no drastic changes to the point system every year. Not trying to be something they’re not. Young F1 fans can talk to older generation fans, and both know what they’re talking about mostly. I just wish F1 would make their tickets cheaper.

[@greyfortitude18]

Netflix is the seller and their product(formula 1) is marvelous and intriguing. That's how it blow up.

[@jolteddd1388]

I feel it was just harder for someone to want to get into f1 from America cause its usually early in the day or late at night to very early morning so why would I want to stay up late to watch 20 cars where I can just wait till 3pm for indy and nascar

[@Jasongilliar]

Goated, f1 fan since 2010. Nothing wrong told here

[@drwigglechin]

To me it was the F1 streaming service starting at $30... that's what got me cause we never had a way to watch the races before that

[@RhawketS]

2019 is when I had friends online who'd talk about F1, mostly my European friends. And I decided to try to get into it. And by the end of 2020 I became a huge fan. And I've never watched the Netflix show. I also think NASCAR has fumbled horribly and people who'd typically be a fan of NASCAR are now fans of F1.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Yes NASCAR is definitely losing fans to F1.

[@OscarPastryboi]

Bro called Max “new”💀

[@SeverityOne]

To give an idea about the budget: a top Indycar team would spend a bit more on everything combined, than a top F1 team would spend on hospitality. Basically, serving coffee and biscuits. And probably champagne as well. That's more generally a difference between sports in the USA and Europe: in Europe, the one with the most money wins. Eye-watering amounts of money are paid for players, both in transfer fees and salaries. What Liberty have done is make the sport more palatable for a wider audience. The focus has moved from a largely European theatre, with the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and Brazil the most consistent non-European races, to a world-wide phenomenon. Gone are the French and German Grands Prix. Instead, we got Singapore and Saudi Arabia. And, of course, a total of three in the USA. Liberty also do things like bring out celebrities, and present the drivers, something that wasn't really done before. Lewis Hamilton loves all the bling; many other drivers don't, but Formula 1 has become a business like everything else.

[@Real_Shawn]

"What Liberty have done is make the sport more palatable for a wider audience". BS !!!! They only did that for money not for the wider sport

[@WeeWohWeeWoh]

Great quality and script! Big f1 fan, glad i was recommended this

[@ThomasJansen-z1p]

Why americans whatch f1? Max Verstappen of course

[@RenanGarciaBorges]

this year is ALSO amazing season!!!

[@nautilaz]

I hope the popularity of road course racing trickles down to the amateur levels. I sometimes do amateur racing clubs, and less and less young people (or people in general) are joining and racing. I started watching f1 in 2010 because I had started racing cars.

[@ttym3]

More of a history lesson than why it’s growing in USA but decent video lol

[@vittoriocorbo8301]

I love the Speed Racer reference, touche ❤

[@kyledabearsfan]

Not gonna lie, ive been watching so much F1 content. I usually just get hooked on the history and epic events in the sports' history. Id be lying if i said i cared as much about modern races as I do the drivers and history etc. F1s ability to work on their cars is something desperately missing from modern NASCAR. Old NASCAR had charm because each car and driver had a unique personality and brand. Modern NASCAR has neither personality or brand. They've given up what made them special in lieu of corporatization. F1 is filling a hole for some people.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Yes it is, NASCAR this year was just really, really bad mostly

[@TheGoldenApex]

The Netflix show got my dad into f1, and than his babbling about the show got ME into f1😂😂😂 Nice video bro❤️🔥

[@NicotineRosberg]

Verstappen driving style is far from aggressive if you watch his onboards

[@ManOfPillowDoom]

Because it's owned by an American company. There saved you 13 minutes.

[@jonpetter8921]

Wasn t DTS before the takeover ?

[@PaperBanjo64]

​@@jonpetter8921after, Liberty Media bought F1 between 2016 and 2017 seasons.

[@Elsailormoon]

I’ve been watching f1 for 2 years now but haven’t watched the Netflix show.. how did it get here I don’t know 🤷‍♂️ 😅

[@carlosviana5205]

didn't even know Netflix had a show. i just started watching at random. I'm more of a d1 drift and formula d kind of guy.

[@TillURide420]

Formula D(disgusting)? Ewww

[@Rentta]

Espn making the broadcast ad free must have been huge too (at least what i have heard from US fans)

[@PaperBanjo64]

Yep and watching a motor race ad free is amazing!

[@bruhhhhmoment4848]

I started liking bc I played f1 2020

[@Sixfigas]

Sim racing is how I got into the sport.

[@AJ_Iredell]

Who got into f1 by Lego sets Netflix Parents Celebrities Memes Bored with nothing to watch Max verstappen

[@billcranston3882]

Would've been cool if you made a reference to the 6-wheel Tyrell f1 car re: 4 wheels required. :(

[@PaperBanjo64]

I think he's making a video for someone who doesn't know about F1, not those who do.

[@sk8hillzz]

f1 vegas in 2023 got me hooked

[@DerekJetsetter]

where did you get that shirt from

[@Atlas_21]

09:35 LOL you got me in tears with 'the greatest racer of all time'. Most titles doesn't automatically equal to that.

[@CaptainTexas92]

NASCAR of the 90’s/early 2000’s is what Formula 1 is today. It’s the drivers and the teams that make it popular for 80-90% of fans. I’m one of the weird pre Netflix outliers but my grandfather was a Dutchman first generation American so my love for formula comes from a European grandfather.

[@Nedums]

another reason why F1 may be growing rapidly is because of how NASCAR has been a shithole these days, with constant Gimmicking, an INCREDIBLY Unpopular points system where we just had a Champion who had an Average Finish of 17.1 and is currently below the Top 15 in the Original Points standings format, and the fans honestly hate it, more reasons to why Americans dont like NASCAR that i wont get into. But for Indycar though, theyre just not Advertising, its a great series, but they are not advertising.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Yeah, FOX need to promote it, IndyCar with proper marketing behind it could be huge! NASCAR right now is garbage, everything you said is spot on!

[@ericprokhor1326]

9:40 no way u just said that 🤦‍♂️

[@gglyoutube4593]

Yeah he’s not the greatest of ALL TIME

[@F1Fanatic76]

Disagree all you want, the results are there.

[@kukuc96]

@@F1Fanatic76 Look at % of races won. Fangio is the greatest and it's not close.

[@spvcebvr]

I don’t think of F1 as a car, it’s more like the pinnacle of gokarting

[@herruu2499]

Just gonna put it out there, but Lewis Hamilton is undoubtedly an incredible driver throughout the legendary leg of Mercedes winning literally everything for a near-decade, Max Verstappen is a phenomenon. He's doing things right now that we've not seen since prime-schumacher. And he's been that way for 4 years now. I mean it's just kinda unheard of. I mean you can tell the differences in just how they drive against eachother. Max is like a force of nature in cars. He's already the greatest driver of all time, pause, just without all the titles. If you're not a fan of Red Bull, at least follow Max's journey and the drives he gets in, without pressure and equally with. I mean he's a machine. Once-in-a-lifetime stuff. He's driving the car closer to the edge than all drivers on the grid, and he's making it look simple, because he's just that good. And his consistency is just that solid. He's also a really "real" guy. Nice personality. Just villainized by the media since he has reasonable opinions about how disruptive media is. I like Lewis' personality too, but idk. It feels a bit artificial sometimes? Like when someone's too nice? Idk man.

[@PaperBanjo64]

F1 media has a lot of British bias, non British drivers will be talked about badly.

[@herruu2499]

@@PaperBanjo64 Depends a bit on how lucky you are with where you can reasonably follow F1. For me, as a non-english native, F1 media is really solid and nuanced. I think it's mostly just Sky being bad as opposed to all F1 media. But the point about Max kinda spread around all non-central european media.

[@PaperBanjo64]

@@herruu2499 I'm a big Max fan myself since Brazil 2016

[@BcarvCreates]

Good breakdown

[@TheoTheCrasher25]

This 2024 season looks to really contend with 2021 in entertainment with lando possibly winning the championship (copium)

[@ceePx]

after interlagos, that's a a lot of copium indeed

[@2MuckinFuch]

2025 should be like 2021. Lando bottled it this year. No way is he catching Max after the Brazil spanking

[@aron2922]

More delusion than copium

[@pulsarmane]

I was really cheering for lando but max deserves the championship after Brazil 2024

[@8tonystark8]

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[@makaulaulak9424]

Netflix is the only answer to this question why there’s more Americans interested

[@Flashdafishy]

because nascar is starting to become a joke

[@PaperBanjo64]

Yep yep, except jokes are funny, modern NASCAR is just a lolcow of a series and the new fans are rude.

[@Davo2times]

it was bc of netflix. i watched it and was hooked. been a die hard ever since (like 2+ years)

[@cesarmariano7377]

It was the marketing all over the media. Americans had to be interested in order for GM to get accepted into f1.

[@TonyWoody]

What sucks for me is I've always liked F1 for ages but only started following it seriously about a year and a half ago. I don't watch TV, don't have Netflix or any other streaming service, and didn't even know what DTS was until a couple months after I started following F1 lol so I keep getting roped in with all the DTS fans when I'm actually not.

[@EstellammaSS]

Liberty media’s focus on the storyline of individual drivers is what brought F1 to where it is now. Hamilton was the king, Verstappen the young challenger, and Liberty media made sure they put on a show, which gave us 2021, one of the greatest seasons of all time. The storyline now is the new tyrant brutalizing all that dares to challenge his reign. The drivers might not like it, but it’s obvious people do.

[@mineralwater6736]

oh please if Lewis won in 21 you would be calling one of the worst season in f1. the 21 season was rigged from the start for Max ti win and that's a fact. And since the new regulations in 22 F1 is worse than it has ever been.

[@Real_Shawn]

Abu Dhabi 2021 race was a utter s#tshow that was the race made me moved to entirely to watch MotoGP

[@lukew6725]

Yep, we need another Fernando Alonso to take down the king but unfortunately I don't see anyone like that on the grid right now.

[@GracieKelliher]

drop the link to that sick F1 shirt

[@smhca]

Short answer ; Max Verstappen

[@mathewkirk1748]

Americans watching non-Americans who can drive, but expecting them to behave like Americans…..

[@heyr3tr044]

I literally got into F1 from those Tu Tu Tu Max memes, pretty insane how he dominated 2023

[@mineralwater6736]

his car dominated.

[@elve6594]

The best ever happen to F1.

[@kukuc96]

@@mineralwater6736 That's why his teammate scored less than half of the points Max did right?

[@mineralwater6736]

@@kukuc96 Tha car is and the whole team are built around Max of curse he will be better tha his teammate. And still don’t change the fact that it was all the car.

[@mineralwater6736]

@@elve6594 good joke.